Light or Heavy Coaching
The Link to Teacher Readiness.......
Some words of Inspiration......
The work of coaching is complex and challenging. What coaches do each day influences what teachers do and that, in turn, influences what students know and do.
When coaches allocate time to services with the greatest potential for deep change in teaching and learning within their schools, students, teachers, and principals benefit. Every student succeeds as a result of high-quality teaching. Every teacher succeeds as a result of coaching heavy. No teachers faces an instructional challenge alone again.
Every school community engages in ongoing, ruthless analysis of data, and continuous cycles of improvement that allow educators to measure results in a matter of weeks, not months or years.
Coaches support teachers as they work together to resolve problems of practice and to make smarter, collaborative decisions enriched by the shared practice of the community.
When coaches choose roles that have the greatest potential for impacting teaching and student learning, the perceived value of coaching and coaches will be unquestioned, even when budgets are tight and other competing priorities emerge.
Joellen Killion 2008 Coaching Heavy or Light - Naomi Sordello
The Link to Teacher Readiness.......
Some words of Inspiration......
The work of coaching is complex and challenging. What coaches do each day influences what teachers do and that, in turn, influences what students know and do.
When coaches allocate time to services with the greatest potential for deep change in teaching and learning within their schools, students, teachers, and principals benefit. Every student succeeds as a result of high-quality teaching. Every teacher succeeds as a result of coaching heavy. No teachers faces an instructional challenge alone again.
Every school community engages in ongoing, ruthless analysis of data, and continuous cycles of improvement that allow educators to measure results in a matter of weeks, not months or years.
Coaches support teachers as they work together to resolve problems of practice and to make smarter, collaborative decisions enriched by the shared practice of the community.
When coaches choose roles that have the greatest potential for impacting teaching and student learning, the perceived value of coaching and coaches will be unquestioned, even when budgets are tight and other competing priorities emerge.
Joellen Killion 2008
Coaching Heavy or Light - Naomi Sordello
Coaching Heavy or LightTeachers Teaching Teachers Vol3, No.8 May 2008Joellen Killion
Below is a link to Steve Barkley's Blog where he discusses the Advantages and Disadvantages of coaching 'Heavy' or 'Light'
http://blogs.plsweb.com/2009/09/moving-coaching-from-light-to-heavy.html